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"Proposed cuts would allow a Madoff to avoid prison in California, Cooley says"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the heading from this notable posting in the Los Angeles Times blog discussing some of the reaction to some of the cuts proposed in California's new budget.  Here are a few more details: Los Angeles County?s top prosecutor has warned that a budget proposal by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would so weaken court sentencing guidelines that if a swindler such as Bernard Madoff were to be brought to justice in California he would not face state prison time. In a letter obtained by The Times, District Attorney Steve Cooley has asked Schwarzenegger to abandon his proposal to change state sentencing guidelines so certain felonies such as fraud or grand theft, known in justice circles as "wobblers," would be prosecuted as misdemeanors...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 25, 2009 (boomark / email).